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After 3 rounds, IM Gudmundur Kjartansson (ISL) emerged as leader of the field with 3/3, having won his game agains Ravi Haria. With 6 of the top ten games drawn, eight players finished on 2.5 and numerous players are on 2/2. Round 4 begins today […]

The event was declared open  on Wednesday 28th by Cllr. Judy Rogers the Mayor of Hastings who is also President of the Hastings Congress. Chairman, Paul Smith welcomed the Mayor and welcomed participants to the event.  He was joined by Bernard Power, son of the […]

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The second chess-archery game took place at Horntye Park Thursday 27 November 2016. Francis Rayner rated 2080 from Wales had the white pieces against Rasa Norinkevicuite Woman FIDE Master rated 1987. This seemed only fair as Francis had black in last year’s drawn game. They […]